Analysis of reserve recovery potential from hydraulic fracture reorientation in tight gas lenticular reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 351-359

  Benedict, D S ^a   Miskimins, J L ^b  

^a Aspen Operating LLC   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FRACTURE; BASIC CONCEPTS; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE HALF-LENGTH; FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; FRACTURE PROPERTY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NEAR-WELLBORE STRESS; PERMEABILITY ANISOTROPY; PRESSURE RESPONSE; RESERVOIR AREA; RESERVOIR MODELING; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR;

ASPECT RATIO; BRITTLENESS; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; RECOVERY; SIMULATORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 70449590149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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